As the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, meets today and tomorrow to review economic and monetary developments since its last meeting in January, and take some measures, some financial institutions and economic analysts have indicated hard choices in the face of worsened macroeconomic headwinds.

Fresh facts are now emerging on why the Federal Government last week withdrew the charges against Elder Godson Orubebe, a former minister in charge of the Ministry of Niger Delta in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan who was arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, on allegations of false declaration of assets.

Indications have emerged that the ban on exportation of beans produce to the European Union countries, EU, imposed on Nigeria by the European Food Safety Authority, will be lifted by June this year.

IRKED by the level of work on the 16 kilometre Otuoke Road project in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Projects, has ordered the contractor handling the project to stop work and vacate site immediately.

Operatives of the Gender Department of Lagos State Police Command are currently investigating a 26-year-old man for allegedly kidnapping a seven months old baby.

With the February 2016 inflation figure of 11.4 per cent, the highest in three years, Nigeria’s economy would now be grappling with the misery index, which measures the level of suffering in a society.

Many diseases and natural disasters like poor farm yields due to desertification, and erosion, hitherto attributed to the gods and witchcraft, were later found to be caused by microorganisms and global warming caused by activities of man.

As stated in the quote above, ideas rule the world. It was someone’s idea that manifested as the electric bulb, the computer, the automobile etc., all came from an idea. So you need ideas; but right ideas “because you decide what ideas are right or wrong? For example, someone decides to sow and sell head pants, everyone laughs and say this is wrong idea.

National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, weekend urged stakeholders in the Power Sector especially companies who benefited from the privatization process, to stop exploiting Nigerians in their desperate drive to maximise profit.

Globally, medical professionals have complained of obesity and diabetes in children, all linked to Sugar-sweetened beverages which leads to over 180,000 obesity-related deaths worldwide each year.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) meets today to consider recent development in the economy especially the twin challenges of rising inflation and decline in economic growth rate. However, the expectation is that the committee will likely adopt and a wait- and- see’ posture rather than adjust its monetary policy or introduce new measures.

Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has announced plans to create about 1.5 million jobs in the next five years via Nigerian Diaspora Export (NDEX) Programme.

Manufacturers in Nigeria have been charged to as a matter of urgency imbibe standards that are generally acceptable for locally made and exporting products, else risk acceptance by the International markets.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President/CEO, Dangote Group has hired a Brazilian agricultural expert to replicate in Nigeria the model that Brazil used to transform the country from a net importer of rice in the year 2000 to a net exporter in the year of 2009.

ANAMBRA State government has threatened to sanction health care institutions found to be charging money for immunization.